Netroots Nation 2013 – Anyone who is a political activist, blogger, journalist, politician, reporter, social justice proponent, or is just curious about issues, current events and technology — will benefit by attending.
Debt Servitude: Glamorous Servitude and Sexy Debt
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Kathleen Peine: As those like my grandfather passed away, an opening was found since all Americans love the shortcut — suddenly a new spritz of respectability was placed on debt.
Fighting Foreclosures: Compassion in Action
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Matt Ward: Nationwide, the Occupy movement’s defense of foreclosed homes and individuals is an embodiment of the compassion espoused by the history’s greatest prophets and philosophers.
Not All Black Democrats Subscribe to ‘But He’s the First Black President’
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Jasmyne A. Cannick: Me — I long fell out of love with the President. I don’t talk about it much because doing so can be a detriment to your well-being in certain company.
I Was Born On Mother’s Day
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was my mother’s first Mother’s Day gift. She spent her first Mother’s Day in labor and delivery. I was born at 1:40 p.m. on Mother’s Day many years ago. In some ways, my being born on Mother’s Day — her first born and the first grandchild — made Mother’s Day all the more special in [...]
Child Witches
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Witch-hunts have always created moral panic, mass hysteria, and public lynching of society’s most vulnerable and marginalized.
Friday Feedback: A Grandmother and Her Gay Grandson
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I constantly wanted to keep him with me to shield him from the craziness and brutality of a community that looks at gays like they have no right to live.
Citizen Children Neglected and Deserted in Wake of Immigration Raids
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Miguel is a US citizen child who grew up in Minnesota like any other little American boy. But his parents are undocumented workers from El Salvador who worked at the Swift plant in Worthington, Minnesota. On December 12, 2006, the plant was raided by ICE, and more than 200 workers were detained, including Miguel’s mother. [...]
We Send our Deepest Regrets to Barack Obama and his entire family
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Madelyn Payne Dunham, Barack Obama’s grandmother, has died. Mrs. Dunham was 86 years old. After a battle with with cancer she died peacefully, and and Obama announced Monday, 1 day before the election.
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